IGN Progress Report

[Ayrehead]

Hopefully no one has posted this, looked for it and couldn't find it on here so....

URL (http://pc.ign.com/articles/818/818131p1.html)

the writer reports that the infected side of the game has recently gone thru a major overhaul

[Puscifer]

nice one thanks:P

[dontleave]

So... many... words... over...whelmed.

[Sir Graves Ghastly]

Hi guys! New guy here to the forum (been lurking a while, though), but long time zombie fan.

Anyway, thanks for this link, Ayrehead. Anyone else notice the new videos there, too? Great stuff! First time I think I've ever noticed hearing the music in the game!

Man, the violence here (inerrant in L4D) is especially palpable in these new clips! And I think that pulse-pounding music enhances the effect!

[Sir Graves Ghastly]

Oh, btw, the new clip (dated September 6, 2007) entitled "Gross" on the IGN page, shows just how scary and freaky this game is gonna be! Again, the trippy music adds a ton of atmosphere and intensity if you ask me!

[frogopus]

the writer reports that the infected side of the game has recently gone thru a major overhaul

Interesting.

I'm not sure how to read that, because they have been saying that the Infected hasn't been playable because they're still working on it for some time now.

[Graf Irrationale Zahl]

"Left 4 Dead is scheduled to ship in the first half of 2008"

[squerl]

Ya Graf, I dunno about that. When they say 'first half' it doesn't sound like 'beginning' or 'early' or 'first quarter'.

[Puscifer]

omg the new videos are so good! This really is going to be the best game ive ever played...

[Graf Irrationale Zahl]

Let's hope 2nd half of 2008 = short time after X-Mas.

I guess the music is ingame? It changes with the events in the game, doesn't it?

[Puscifer]

2nd half of 2008

1st lol

[Puscifer]

I guess the music is ingame? It changes with the events in the game, doesn't it?


yea thats right, it was good to hear it for the first time too. I think its really cool..

*makes drum sounds* dumdum dumdum dumdum!

[Graf Irrationale Zahl]

2nd half of 2008

lol ... but you know what I mean ;)


I think its really coo

Indeed, sounds like in a real zed-movie. I wonder how many different permutations of music pieces are/will be included.

[Puscifer]

Indeed, sounds like in a real zed-movie. I wonder how many different permutations of music pieces are/will be included.

i wouldn't really call it music, its more like ambient atmosphere building sounds. I think there will be quite a few different compositions for the different scenarios/situations in the game:)

great! stuff though! it will bring the imersion levels up a lot!

[Sir Graves Ghastly]

i wouldn't really call it music, its more like ambient atmosphere building sounds.

Exactly, and whatever it is it sounds really weird, especially in that "Gross" clip, with that strange wailing vocal stuff heard over the drumbeats! Wow. You can hear other small tidbits of it in some of the other vids of late as well, with variations.

Sounds like they're really going in a dark, creepy direction with the music (or whatever you want to call it) so far, and I love it! That's exactly the feel this game needs. The scarier the better, I say! :D

[Nemesis_vs_Leon]

It's silent hill style music. Just pure creepy with no cheap scares. It's the best kind of scary.

Remember the random sounds in Silent Hill 1? Well, I'm playing through it on an emulator now, so I REMEMBER THEM WELL. The sounds will drive you mad.

[Rannos]

Mmm, blurr affects in the movie "Cover Me!". This game seems to improving bit by bit from the awesomeness it is already.